My idea for this assignment was to demonstrate the wasteful amounts of clothes that are being thrown away because one, the quality of fast fashion apparel is not meant to last and two, according to one of my articles, “How Fast Fashion is Destroying the Planet,” more than 80 percent of clothes aren’t donated and instead go to landfills. Essentially, what I wanted to show was how the amount of clothes being thrown away continues to pile up onto the button. The more weight that is on it, the more likely the button is going to be pressed and light up the LED. So when there is enough weight, the LED will constantly be lit up and there is no way to turn it off because the button is covered by the clothes. Therefore, as the light blinks constantly, it gives a sense of urgency and a call to action. I also changed my LED from green to red to further emphasize the urgency and the severity of how fast fashion is affecting our environment (but in the photos my LED is green).
